Baton Rouge -- The LSU football roster got smaller by one when center Cameron Fordham decided to leave the team.

Cameron Fordham

Fordham, a 6-foot-3, 261-pound redshirt freshman from Duluth, Ga., received a release from LSU but has not made public plans for transferring. The son of former LSU lineman Jeff Fordham, he grayshirted last season after signing in the 2010 recruiting class.

Fordham could not be reached for comment, but he issued a statement to the Atlanta Journal-Constitution.

"I want to begin by thanking (LSU) Coach (Les) Miles and his staff for affording me the opportunity to be a part of the LSU football program," he said in the statement. "I've grown tremendously because of the time and experience that I've had at LSU and for that, I'm grateful. I will sorely miss my teammates and all those that make it work behind the scenes for the program.

"I also want to extend to the fans and the people of Louisiana my personal appreciation for all of the support they provided to me from Day One. This was a personal decision that I made that best fits my current and future career."

PRACTICE REPORT: Running back Spencer Ware and guard Will Blackwell were the most notable absences as LSU practiced once Thursday.

Ware, expected to be the team's featured running back, did not participate in the individual drills portion, the only part open to the media. Blackwell missed his third consecutive workout after sitting out both Wednesday practices.

Freshman wide receiver Jarvis Landry, who has been out for two weeks with a broken foot, caught passes, running only straight ahead. He said the plan is for him to return full-speed Monday.

LSU will practice twice today before holding its first major scrimmage at Tiger Stadium on Saturday at 11:15 a.m. Fan Day will be held Saturday from 4-6 p.m. at the Pete Maravich Assembly Center and the Maddox Field House.

ONE-A-DAYS: Two-a-days are becoming a thing of the past. NFL teams and college programs have been known to practice twice daily during August, but LSU seems to be getting away from that, possibly due to the heat.

The Tigers have only three days in which they hold two practices -- Wednesday, today and Monday.